One of the fun joys of where I work is semi-regular fitness tests, to make sure we can still do what we need to do. Did one earlier today and I passed it. It wasn't as easy as I would have liked, may need to increase the amount of exercise that I do.
Still happy to pass and had a good margin, but can always be fitter!
Or not. Maybe just polish up the old me, make a few improvements here and there.
I'm pretty sure I've posted the old joke here before, where I said years ago that my New Years Resolution was to not make any more New Years Resolutions! So I don't really do them, but I do try and improve myself where I can.
One thing I did notice late last year (actually a few days ago!) was that I am spending way too much time on my phone. Brilliant devices, great that they help us out so much but it's become my default activity. It's depressing seeing how much time I waste staring at that stupid little screen.
So one of my goals this year is to spend less time staring at the phone. Tied to my ongoing goal of trying to do more creative stuff. We've got a stack of great machines like the new Cricut plotting cutter which is fantastic for some craft projects like sandblasting and metal etching. And for Christmas my awesome wife got me a bunch of tools which I can't wait to start using.
And the big goal for the year is to get onto our property - going to be so liberating to be have a workshop or shed that we can use for creative projects!
Had the chance to do another 10km run today, recorded. Don't always get a chance to have my phone on me when we do these longer runs.
My old personal best was 1 hour and 30 seconds. The long term goal is to crack the one hour mark for 10km but didn't quite make it. Was carrying my camelbak with about 2L of water and drank about half of it, but also had a little Flip 4 bluetooth speaker which added a bit of weight, though not much.
Todays time was 1:01.08 - 38 seconds off from my personal best. Though that time was done in 2018, two years of cream and wear & tear on the knees.
The highlight is that I managed to do it without dropping to a walk. In 2018 I remember I slowed down to a walk a few times, so my running speed must have been higher. Still, not too bad. Finished the run about eight minutes ago and I feel like I could go run some more (I'm not going to).
Can't track fitness without having some metrics to quantify. The two markers I'll be using (at least to start with) are overall weight and waist size.
Overall weight can be a bit misleading due to factors like hydration level, meals and the fact that muscle weighs more than fat. So I'm mainly just tracking that as an easy marker. Before the holidays, my "official" weight was 83.52kg (I had a medical assessment). The best time to weigh oneself is at the same time each day, and in the morning is probably best, before a meal.
Weight: 86kg
Waist: ??cm
Note to self: get a cloth measuring tape!
Also, just got back from holidays, so my weight is going to have gone up anyway due to holiday calories and lack of proper structured exercise.
Only just got back and it would be easy to just pike out since it is after noon, we've been travelling all day and we're tired... but no time like the present!
